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KLAMATH PALLS, OREGON, BATUHDAY, JANUAUY 8, 1021
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Lumbermen Not Dish'eartened
OverTemporary Slackening of
Demand for Sawmill Products
Mortensen Believes Political Change Will Be
Followed By Stabilization; Wages Cut Janu
ary IS; East Optimistic Over Speedy Revival
of Lumber Market; New Timber Opened.
Whlto tlio locnl lumbur Industry
at prcflcnt Is uffectod by tho gonoral
uncertainty that la npparont in all
lines of business whllu tliu process of
readjustment to pro-wnr conditions
and prlccH Is on, local lumbermen
aro by no means pessimistic In re
gard to trado prospocts (or 1021,
Inquiry o( Havorul loadqnt In local
lumber nnd box shook manufacture
reveals no signs of unonslnoHs. As
prudont men they aro running undor
shortened sail during n temporary
period of stagnation, but following
tlio change of political administra
tions on March 4, n brisk revival
Is looked for.
Wngo Cut January in.
Following tho example of othor
lumber producing districts of the
coast, nnd the general trend In man
ufacturing Industries of all kinds,
thero will bo a wago roductlon horo,
effective January 1C. The reduction
will nvorago 20 pur cont of 'tlio pres
ent scnlo.
Ilox factory employees will bo
mainly affected Immediately, as tliu
' sawmills gonoralty aro closed, ex
cept In tho shipping dopartmonts
but tho now wngo scale will apply
'" gcuorhlly on January IB.
Mortensen Optimistic.
II. I). Mortensen, ot tho pelican
Bay company, stated to tho Intor-
viower that any qplnlon given undor
present conditions would bo a guess,
merely. At prcsont thero Is llttlo
demnnd for lumbor products, ho
Bald, and tho I'd lean Day yards aro
lioldlng n heavy surplus stock, with
tower orders on fllo than ovor In
tho history of the organization at
this season ot tho yeur.
Hut Mr. Mortonsen Is of tho firm
opinion that tho stugnant condition
is only temporary and ho Is ono of
tho firmest believers that Murch 4
will mark a HWlnglng of tho pendu
lum back toward normnlcy and sta
bility. On tho swiftness ot tills
tnovoment deponds tho volume of
production and business during tho
coming year. It tho roudjustmont
follows tho chango ot administration
tmmedlatQ(y local mills will rosumo
operations as usual, for tho usual
resumption data Is about tho first
ot April.
Depend on Hulling.
If tho Harding administration
should fumblo In Its grip among tho
lovors that rogulato tho economic
machlnory ot tho country and ro
qulro tlmo to adjust tho various con
trols, It logically follows that thoro
will bo proportlonato dolay Jn ro-
Storing business stability.
Dut Mr. Mortonson's "guess" Is
that stabilization along all lines will
bo prompted by tho change In load
orBhlp, and ho predicts that not
mora than two months will elapso
after the 'Inauguration until- tho
economic madhlno Is running
smoothly agaln. '
liOiikN frr lilt; Hoiinoii,
The last hulf of tho presr.nt year
will bo n season ot Immonso produc
tion In mills and factories, ho bo
lloves, with heavy domand for lum
bor products, although at lowor
prices thnn provailod during tho
war period.
Tho downward trond ot prices of
tall commodities has administered a
hock to buslnoss. Tho losses In all
lines will havo to bo absorbed and
a new lovol found beforo tho manu
facturer of any commodity can map
out a program, but Mr. Mortensen
points out that the country Is tar
behind In building and It follows
logically that tho Industries supply
ing .building materials will bo among
the first to rally and establish them
selves on a firm foundation, '
, Pat Venn Coming.
"Tho nood for lumber," said Mr.
Mortenson, "Is groator than it has
jJeen.in tea or fifteen yoars, and as
. boon as the country is again on a
Ilrm business basis I look for a de-
' Band that will make the next tire
years tho greatest yoars In tho his
tory of tho Industry."
Coming from Mr. Mortonsen
oven as a "guess" this prediction
will carry weight, as upon tho
younger lumberman ras descended
tho reputation of his father, Jacob
Mortonsen, who Is known nationally
as ono ot tho ablest, It not tha
ablest, oporator In America at sizing
up the general buslnoss conditions
that affect tho lumbor Industry,
(luldtliwnlto Unperturbed.
J. O. Ooldthwalto, head ot tho
Modoc Lumbor company, expressed
an opinion along tho samo lines to
tho Herald Intcrvlowor. Ho, too,
pointed to tho need for buildings
that must, result In an Increased do
mand for tho leading matorlal for
homos lumber. Upon tho ability of
the public to buy and tho extent to
which tho bankars aro ablo to aid
tho expansion ot old and creation
ot now enterprises doponds tho ex
tent that tho domand will havo upon
tho lumbor Industry.
C. II. Daggett ot tho Ewauna Dox
company said today thut his com
pany was marking tlmo, also. It
would bo sixty days, ho said, beforo
thoro would bo an Incrcaso in do
mand for box shook.
"Iirnncdlnto" Revival.
A telegram rccolvod from eastern
handlers today, ho suld, predicted
an ourly rovlval ot tho lumbor mar
ket.
Ho was optimistic regarding tho
restoration ot normal conditions. In
alt times tho prcsont season Is dull.
So tar. tho Kwauna company has
kopt lt factory running at CO to 75
per cont of capuclty during tho win
tor, but Mr. Daggott said they would
roduco their labor forces tcday and
production would go down to about
CO por cent normal capacity. Othor
producors reduced tholr forces earl
ier In tho winter, and tho reduction
at tho Kwaunu strikes about tho
goncral avorngo.
Kru-so Coincide.
0. A. KrauBo, managor of tho
Klamath Lumber & Ilox company,
had a llttlo information to add to
tho gonoral story. Ills conversation
Indicated that ho coincided In tho
gonoral opinion that In tho next two
months, thoro would bo a readjust
ment and tho qperators would find
tho spring bringing tho usual re
sumption of factories after tho win
tor stagnation.
Tho Klamath Lumbor nnd Ilox
company manufactures shook for tho
paront corporation, tho Karl Fruit
pompany, gigantic packing concorn,
and with tho beginning ot tho cher
ry season will havo plonty to do In
taking caro ot Its own domands.
Othor fruits follow In succession
and tho plant looks for n busy year.
Modoc llullilliiK n'ojul. -,t
Whllo thoro Is little talk qt now
mills or expansion of tho prcsont
plants gonorally, J. O. GoldthWalto
roported that n crow is -.working on
tho logging road to tap tiiq, nounlt
ot timber purchasod on tho reserva
tion rocently. Thero nrp 21 nlles of
road to build and It w'tap M0?
000,000 foot of timber IhJ thofcov
ornmont purchase and 25,Wt),000
foot adjoining that was previously
owned.
Klectricnl Operation,
Installation of the first unit of
tho 1200 kilowatt powor plant which
will chango tho Modoo mill from a
a steam to oloctrlcally driven plant
Is started.
Will Enlarge Mill.
With tho big body ot timber avail
able it is essential that tho plant
be increased and Mr. Ooldthwalto
stated definitely that a new mill,
with two band and a gang saw, year
ly capacity 60,000,000 feot, would
be built. The construction plan is
not so far advanced that ho would
say that It would be built this year,
but he Indicated that if conditions
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ADVISES
TO ABIDE BY
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Apparently it was not District At
torney Hrowor who advised tho coun
ty court to Ignore tho clicult court's
Injunction ordor and Includo tho Hot
Springs cotirthouso construction levy
and miscellaneous fund' levy In tho
1021 budgot.
Tho now district attorney has writ
ton an opinion In rcsponso to a re
quest of County Clerk DoLap advis
ing tho county clerk to oboy Judga
Calkins' mandato and rofraln from
ontorlng upon his records nny rofer
onco to tho prohibited Items.
In his lottor ho advlsos tho clerk
to "oboy tho Injunction and omit
from your record any report of tho
county court's tax levy for 1021, this
being tho 1020 tax roll, all and any
montlon ot such miscellaneous lovy
nnd any such lovy of $60,000 for tho
purposes ot Hot Springs courthouso
construction on block 10 of Hot
Springs addition, but this advlco Is
not to bo construed to mean tho
ommlsslon from tho record of any
other Horns of tho budget."
County clork DoLap stated today
that ho would follow tho advlco of
tho district attornoy Irapllcity.
No Contests in
Irrigation District
Elections Likely
All Irrigation districts, undor tho
staturo, aro rcqulrod to hold an elec
tion of directors next Tuesday. As
far as Is apparent now thero will bo
no contests in local districts.
Tho term of A. L. Marshall ex
pires at this tlmo as a director ot tho
Klamuttnlrrlgatlon district. Thoro Is
no contest for tho placo and Indica
tions point to Mr. Marshall's re-olec
tlon without opposition.
Oeneral lntorost In and co-opora-
tlon to sccuro tho 11,213,000 appro
prlatlon for tho Klamnth projoct has
ovorsiiadowcd other Issues this year
and local politics havo been "adjourn'
ed" for tho tlmo bolng.
MOLALLA NATIONAL HANK
11LOWN UP IIY BANDITS
MOLALLA, Ore., Jan. 8 Robbors
blow oft tho door of tho safo ot tho
First National bank ut 3:30 this
morning, but woro frightened away
boforo thoy could obtain any loot,
deorgo Taylor, odltor of tho Mola
alia Pioneer, who lives noxt door,
telophonod W. W. Gborhart, cashier
ot tho bank, who arrived in tlmo
to seo tho men running away, Tho
robbors tlod after their second
blast had blown oft tho Inner door
of tho safo. A posse is searching
for thorn.
WIIATIIKR REPORT
OB.EGON Tonight nnd Sunday,
rain In wost portion; rain or snow
In enst portion, not so cold In tho
north, south, or oast.
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Charles Hall, who is to becomo
president of tho First National bank
of Klamath Falls, Oregon, In an Inter
view with Tho Herald beforo his de
parture yosterday, stated that In his
belief ono of tho prima factors In tho
future dovolopmcnt of Klamath coun
ty Is agriculture.
In retiring from tho presidency ot
tho Bank of Southwestern Oregon,
of Marshfleld, Mr. Halt hopes to con
tinue his policy with tho First Na
tional bank of Klamath Falls with
referonco to tho dovolflpment of agri
culture. Ho has boon ono of tho
ieaaing uanKcrs in urogon in on
couroglng tho stock and dairying In
dustry. Mr. Hall's ontranco Into Kla
math county banking clrclos will
mean the furthering ot tho farming
and general agriculture Interest of
tho community. Ho has a woll found
ed belief that a bank Is a semi-pub-He
Institution and when enjoying tho
patronago of tho community, it
should reciprocate by contributing to
Its upbuilding.
Mr. Hall, whllo in control of tho
Dank of Southwestern Oregon, em
ployed an agriculturist who dovotcd
his entire tlmo to encouraging and
fostering tho business ot tho fann
er. Ho realizes that while today tho
lum&crlng Industry is producing tho
great bulk of rcvenuo for this com
munity, tho basic industry of Kla
math county is agriculture, and in on'
toring tho field horo it is his Inton-
tlon to recommend to his board ot
directors that ovory offort be put
forth an doncouraged to tho end that
tho agricultural Interests ot the
county bo given prlmo consideration.
Mr., Hall's Coos county bank's pol
icies with rcspoct -to dairying and
stock raising during tho past few
years havo becomo famous with tho
farmors thorughout Oregon. Whllo
In Marshtlold ho successfully car
rlod out a plan for exchanging a
puro bred bull for 'a scrub, tho re
sult of which was that recently some
SO animals were shipped to the stock
yards In Portland, and a llko num
ber ot puro brods were returned tq
tho farmers. This was dono without
oxpenso to tho farmors.
He stated that it was his Intention
to recommend to his directors that
similar plans be carried out by tho
First National bank ot Klamath Falls.
Mr. Hall stated that his bank during
tho yoar promoted and financed tho
shipment of more than $50,000
worth of well bred cattlo Into Coos
county.
REPRESENTATIVE BUTLER
CONFERS WITH HAltlHNO
MARION, 0., Jan. 8. Roprosont
atlvo Butlor, of Pennsylvania, chair
man ot tho house naval commlttoo,
was called Into conteronco by Presi
dent Harding today to consldor re
ducing tho naval expenditures with
out impairing tho efficiency of tho
first lino dofonso.
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Earth
Not a Trick Horse,
But Does Funny
Stunt, Nevertheless
Trick horses are not tho only
horses who can do funny stunts, for
InBtanco tho foat of climbing stairs,'
nnd this truth was amply domonstra-.
ted today by ono of C. J. Qulgloy's
big bays.
Tho Qulgley sled, driven by Fred
Hawkcs, to which four horses woro
attached, was bolng hauled through
tho alleyway between tho Record of
flco and tho rear ot tho LaVoguo
store, and was loaded to tho guards
with wood. Encountering a small
pllo ot wood just boforo It reached
Fifth strcot, tho sled turnod ovor.
This frightened tho horses, ono .of
thorn falling upon tho closed doors
of tho basement ontranco undor tho
LaVoguo store, and plunging through
bodily.
Aftor being relacsed from tho rrf
malndor of tho team it was found
Imposslblo to bring tho horse back
through tho samo oponlng, and aft
or giving tho basement tho "onco
ovor," tho big animal was led for
ward, through tho rooms occupied
by tho culinary alllanco, and straight
up tho stairs on the Fifth street side
of tho building.
When tho adventurous horso was
oxamlnod for Injuries, It was found
that ho was as physically fit as ho
was beforo bo mado his disappear
ance on tho alloy sldo ot tho build
ing. FEEFfHOZEN
MAY LOSE T EM
Wandorlng in the snow in the
Merrill country soveral days ago,
John Fokywlaborer)n.had both feet
so badly" xrozen" that., it is possible
that amputation may bo necessary,
and almost certain that portions ot
tho members will havo to bo re
moved.
Foloy is subject to epileptic seiz
ures and It Is presumed that ho was
takon with ono of theso spoils and
lay on tho cold ground until his feet
woro frozen. Ho had started to
California on foot. Ho was found
by a truck drlvor wandering about,
practically lost, and brought to this
city. For sevoral days past ho has
boon around local pool 'rooms, ap
parently not realizing tho condition
ot his feet. Ycstorday friends dis
covered tho condition and took him
to a physician.
When his shoes and hoso wore
removed largo portions ot flesh
peoled from tho foot. Foloy was
takon to tho county hospital and Is
undor tho caro of Dr. George Merry
man, who said this morning' that
gangrene had dovelopod. Until tho
caso has progressed furthor, said
tho physician', it will bo Imposslblo
to dotermlno how much amputation
is nccossary.
Foley camo horo last year with
tho Foloy & Burko carnival. He
claims to bo a nophow of tho first
named showman. Ho romanod
when tho show lort and has boen
omploycd by L. K. Porter and R. W.
Smith, local contractors. It was
through tho Intorost ot Porter and
Smith that this condition camo to
light and Jio Is being given medical
attondanco.
Get the Bargain
Day Habit; Next
Sale Wednesday
Wash day comes once a week. Of
courso overyono knows that onco a
week is not a bit too ofton tor days
llko wash days, and tho samo prin
cipal can bo applied to othor feature
days as woll, Like wash day, bar
gain day In Klamath Falls Is going
to coma onco a week. Wednesday
Is tho day solocted, and noxt Wed
nesday is going to oclfpso last Wed
nesday from a bargain day stand
point. Tho live morchants who entered
tho airxeemont for last week's bar
gain day, will be on the 'job again
next week, literally speaking, with
both feet, and shoppers are request
ed to 'watch for their advertisements
in Monday's Evonlng Herald, and
to be on the lookout for tho pla
cards In store windows. The Her
ald and theso placards will tell you
where the bargain givers are.
LABOR LEADER
PREPARED FOR
Tl
Gompers and Staff on
Inspection Tour of
Mexico; i Jp Consid
ered Signif icant
Wage Reduction.
(By tlio Oregon Inn'f "" Wellington
Correspondence Hi'roau, Dated
' Janary f?f)
Samuol aompors, president of tho
American Federation of Labor, ac
companied by his executiro staff, has
gone to Moxlco. His doparturo calls
attention to tho fact that organlzod
labor in this country B facing the
greatost crisis In Its history. Thoro
are rumors that Mr. aompors has
takon advantago ot tho opportunity
to got out of tho country beforo tho
crisis is reached. His lieutenants.
who nre remaining on tho Job, havo
takon an entirely now attitude toward
tho public and no longor appear- bo
foro legislators In a threatening and
truculent mood. c
DIspatchos from various section. ot
tho country show that labor is ac
cepting this feature of tho situation
with considerable philosophy. '.,
example, a 20 per cont reduction b
been accepted by the 0000 empiuuf
ot tho Pullman company in Its Il
linois shops. Evon with this roduc-'
tlon It leaves -wages thoro higher
than in Janary, 1018. The 20 .per
cont reducatlon cuts off juit one
fifth of tho Increases tha: havo boon
R S
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received. In the Now England lex
tlio mills, reductions of2 pjr cent
havo been accepted. la 8aJlk,CiJty
the brickmasonff-.a7CTVi' clay eoat '
pany have aakc their company to
reduce their wages frdnvllO to $8
a day.
Roports of reductions In wagos
corao from all section i of tho coun
try and are accompanied by reports
of a revival in Industry. In splto ot
that,. thoro is, much unemployment in
tho country, especially in tho toxtlte
and automobile manufacturing cen
ters. Tho closing down of tho Ford
and Dodge works in Detroit bus
thrown thousands of men out of 'em
ployment, whllo rubber manufactur
ing centers ot Ohio report a similar
condition.
Public I Factor
In meotlng this situation, organ
ized labor is sufforing from tho re
sult ot Its militant activity in years
past. Tho present attitude ot or
ganized labor loadors indicates that
theso leaders havo awakenod to the
faqt that tho gonoral public must be
considered In all contests bctweon
capital and labor. Beginning with the
passago of tho Adomson act, whon
labor loadors hold a stop-watch on
congress, up to November 4, last, this
attltudo has been maintained. Tho
November oloctlons showed a terrific
reaction against this attltudo on the
part of labor.
Mr. Gompers foil in with this attl
tudo and co-oporatod with such or
ganizations as tho Plumb plan league
and othor radical organizations, nnd
a dofinlto fight was made upon overy
mombor ot congresj who hud not
voted as directed by organized labor.
Tho result leaves tho loaders of or
ganized labor In an unfortunato posi
tion In tho prcsont crisis. Tho public,
which thoy falloi to consldor, has
turned against them. Tho wiser mon
In organized labor rcallzo that this
docs not show a lack ot sympathy
with tho proper aspirations ot labor,
but is merely an announcement that
tho public bocomo class conscious
and Is determined to protect Itself in
tho future against both organlzod
labor, and organized capital, They
are accordingly endeavoring to read
just their attltudo and a new legisla
tive 'committee has been appointed
which is approaching mombera ot
congress in a conciliatory attitude.
Profiteering Charge
In opposing the reduction ot
wages, organized labor Is also met by
tho charge that it profiteered during
tho war, and returned soldiers who i
fought for f30 a month, aro especial
ly strong In pressing the charge.
Labor leaders have long represent
ed tho closed shop as a baslo prin
ciple in their creed, but find them
selves in an unfortunato position' now
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